Wrecking tool



June 21, 1949. S, 2,473,866

WRECKING TOOL Filed Jan. 10, 1945 I A5 Wefyarm e]: ,Dav/e s,

Patented June 21, 1949 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE WRECKING TOOL Weyburn J. Davies, Pond Creek, Okla.

Application January 10, 1945, Serial No. 572,180

1 Claim. 1

The present invention relates to new and useful improvements in tools especially designed for wrecking or removing flooring, sheathing and the like from its supporting beams or surface.

An important object of the invention is to provide a device of this character which may be easily positioned under flooring to be removed, the construction of the device being such as to insure against the tool slipping while in use.

A further object of the invention is to provide a tool of this character which includes a fulcrum element adapted for resting on the upper edge of the beam to which the flooring is secured and in which leverage may be applied to the tool from either a position above or below the beam.

A still further object is to provide a tool of this character of simple and practical construction, which is strong and durable, efiicient and reliable in use, relatively inexpensive to manufacture and otherwise well adapted for the purposes for which the same is intended.

Other objects and advantages reside in the details of construction and operation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, wherein like numerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which- Figure 1 is a side elevational view.

Figure 2 is a rear elevational view.

Figure 3 is a bottom plan view.

Figure 4 is a side elevational view showing the tool arranged for removing flooring from a position above the beam to which the flooring is attached.

Figure 5 is a similar view showing the tool arranged for operation from a position below the beam, and

Figure 6 is an enlarged transverse sectional view of the cross rod forming the fulcrum for the tool.

Referring now to the drawings in detail wherein for the purpose of illustration I have disclosed a preferred embodiment of the invention, the numerals 5 and. B designate a pair of handles having the flooring lifting arms I extending in an inclined position from the lower end thereof.

A rod 8 extends between the handles 5 and 6 at the junction thereof with the arms I, the handles being secured against separating movement on the rod by means of nuts 9 threaded on the ends of the rod and a spacing sleeve I0 is mounted on the rod between the handles to maintain the handles and the arms in spaced parallel relation. The sleeve II] is formed with longitudinally extending ribs or serrations H to prevent slipping of the tool on a floor beam or other structure [2 while the rod 8 and sleeve Ill are straddling the upper edge of the beam and with the arm 1 engaged under the fioor or boards l3 nailed to the beam While the tool is being used for removing the flooring therefrom.

A cross handle M has one end pivoted to an apertured lug hi on the inner edge of the handle 5 at the outer end thereof while the outer end of the handle 6 is formed with an elongated opening 16 adapted for receiving a complementary-shaped reduced extension l1 on the end of the cross handle M.

The end ll of the handle i i may be inserted in the opening it and removed therefrom, when desired, by spreading the outer ends of the handles 5 and 6 apart as indicated by the dotted lines in Figure 2 of the drawings, the handles possessing sufiicient resiliency for this purpose.

In using the tool the fulcrum rod 8 and sleeve Iii may either be positioned on the upper edge of the beam l2 with the handles 5 and 6 extending upwardly therefrom in the manner as illustrated in Figure 4 of the drawings and with the arms i moved under the flooring i3 whereby downward pressure exerted on the arms will lift the flooring upwardly to remove the same from the beam.

Also if desired and by opening the cross handle M the handles 5 and 6 may be moved downwardly below the beam l2 into the position as shown in Figure 5 of the drawings and with the handles 5 and 6 extending in a direction below the beam, the flooring may then be removed by a Workman from a position beloyv the floor.

By using the tool in this manner it will also be appreciated that sheathing, roofing boards and the like may also be removed from overhead rafters and beams by a workman positioned below the same.

In view of the foregoing description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings it is believed that a clear understanding of the construction, operation and advantages of the tool will be quite apparent to those skilled in this art. A more detailed description thereof is accordingly deemed unnecessary.

It is to be understood, however, that even though I have herein shown and described a preferred embodiment of my invention that the same is susceptible to certain changes fully comprehended by the spirit of the invention as herein described and the scope of the appended claim.

4 0181511??? thus described the invention, what I REFERENCES CITED A wrecking tool comprising a pair of handles, The following references are of record in the straight prying arms extending in an inclined file Of this p position from the IOWEI ends of the handles, a 5 UNITED STATES PATENTS rod connecting the handles at the junction of the arms therewith, a spacing member on said Number N Date rod for maintaining the handles and arms in 1,056,078 Wltzlg et a1 1913 1,270,970 Rich July 2, 1 18 spaced parallel relation with respect to each other, and a cross handle pivotally connected to 10 the outer end of one handle and detachably 1,652,455

connected to the outer end of the other handle. 1,965,260

WEYBURN J. DAVIES.

1, 43,8 2 Williams June 15, 1920 'Nilson Dec, 13, 1927 Rosenberg July 3, 1934 

